Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is partnering with AREVA Solar on an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) addition to TEP’s H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station in Tucson, Ariz. Tucson Electric Power’s Sundt Solar Boost Project will use AREVA Solar’s Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar steam generators to produce up to 5 megawatts (MW) of power [...]
WASHINGTON. For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data released today includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as [...]
FuelCell Energy, Inc. FCEL -0.02% a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power plants, today announced a partnership agreement with Abengoa S.A. to develop localized stationary fuel cell power plants for markets in Europe and Latin America. Abengoa will develop, manufacture and market stationary fuel cell power plants using fuel cell modules provided by [...]
Strategic stake in US-based GreenVolts strengthens ABB’s focus on renewables Zurich, Switzerland. ABB, the global power and automation technology group, have announced that it has agreed to invest approximately $20 million as part of a $35 million financial round, for a substantial minority stake in California-based GreenVolts, a leading provider of turnkey concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) [...]
The Global leading Display and Solar Solutions provider AU Optronics this week announced that it has successfully accomplished the first 1.2 MW solar project in South Africa with EKSOM, the biggest utility in South Africa, before the 2011 United Nations 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) . The project includes a tracking system PV power [...]
ISTANBUL, TURKEY. GE (NYSE: GE) and Turkish energy company MetCap Energy Investments have announced their investment in one of Europe’s most efficient, natural gas-fired power plants. Featuring GE technology, the 878-megawatt Eurostar project will help to power Istanbul, supporting Turkey’s efforts to modernize its aging energy infrastructure and meet its growing electricity requirements. During the [...]
Washington, DC: Using forest timber for heating, electricity generation or liquid ‘biofuel’ could severely harm forests and accelerate global warming, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The new study, entitled ‘Fuelling a BioMess’, contradicts industry assertions that this kind of ‘biomass’ fuel is clean and carbon neutral. The science behind the report shows how [...]
In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt of electricity most inexpensively, all other considerations aside. Accordingly, all countries involved in solar energy are optimists, but nascent industrial efforts to generate power on a commercial scale from [...]
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The Virginia State Corporation Commission, as requested by the MDV-SEIA, will hold a hearing on November 3rd, on the Stand By rates proposed by Dominion in July of this year. The MDV-SEIA is the regional chapter of the national trade association for solar energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association. Legislation passed by the General Assembly [...]
Geneva – In many cities air pollution is reaching levels that threaten people’s health according to an unprecedented compilation of air quality data released today by WHO. The information includes data from nearly 1100 cities across 91 countries, including capital cities and cities with more than 100 000 residents. Over 2 million people die from [...]
Arizona Public Service Co. this week announced a Request for Proposal (RFP) from solar developers and installers to construct a 17-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility — financed by APS through the company’s AZ Sun Program. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in a bidder’s webinar on October 12. Additional information about the webinar and the RFP [...]
Magpower and Suntrix are two companies leading the way in commercializing Concentrated Solar PV in emerging markets for the technology, and will be sharing their experiences at the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA (14-15 November, San Jose, CA). PV Insider are delighted to announce the addition of two new case studies at the 3rd CPV [...]
PPL Electric Utilities completed its second 2011 solicitation for solar renewable energy credits, which will help the company provide power from alternative energy sources for residential customers who elect to remain on the utility’s default electric supply. PPL Electric Utilities will purchase 24,000 solar renewable energy credits with supply beginning June 2012 for a period [...]
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